Since this summer has been very wet, it has me thinking. I noticed that July and August 1900 was the wettest on record. Two months later, The Great Galveston Hurricane made landfall. July 1942 was the second wettest and in August, two hurricanes made landfall 9 days apart, they were listed as Category 1 hurricanes and one of them was at least a Cat. 3 while offshore. It produced 15 foot storm surge. June and July of 1961 were among the wettest on record, in which Hurricane Carla made landfall in September of that year.
Upper Texas Coast Hurricanes 1940s
Top 10 For June
Wettest
19.21 2001**
18.33 2004*
16.28 1989** *
15.85 1919**
14.66 1960**
13.46 1973*
12.08 1993**
11.18 1968
11.11 1961*
10.67 1889
*=Tropical Storm/Hurricane Made Landfall Later On.
**=Tropical Storm/Hurricane Made Landfall That Month
June Extremes For Houston
Top 10 For July
Wettest
14.80 1900*
14.10 1942*
13.53 1943**
10.07 1961*
10.04 1955
9.94 2007
9.39 1939
8.41 1916
8.17 1959**
8.10 1979** *
*=Tropical Storm/Hurricane Made Landfall Later On.
**=Tropical Storm/Hurricane Made Landfall That Month
July Extremes For Houston
Top 10 For August
Wettest
15.43 1915**
11.26 1920
11.13 1945**
10.74 1900*
10.58 1996
9.42 1983**
9.24 1914
8.05 2007
8.03 1932**
7.53 1897*
August Extremes For Houston
*=Tropical Storm/Hurricane Made Landfall Later On.
**=Tropical Storm/Hurricane Made Landfall That Month
Something worth thinking about for this hurricane season.
Wet Summers In SE Texas And Tropical Storm/Hurricane Landfal
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